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NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.

Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.

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Ref: 990-MID-6615060-E Vacancy ID: 6615060

Senior Programme Manager

Closed for applications on: 30-Oct-2024 00:01

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Closed for applications on: 30-Oct-2024 00:01

Location

Any Midlands NHSE office
Birmingham
B2 4BH
West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Secondment: 12 months
Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

£62,215 - £72,293 Per annum
Yearly

(NHS AfC: Band 8b)

Specialty

Programme
Interview date
28/11/2024

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage.  We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12-month secondment for a senior programme manager to support Dental Public Health within the Public Health Directorate at NHS Midlands. The role will include a mixed programme manager portfolio, including leading the dental epidemiology programme and the planning, co-ordination and delivery of complex strategies, activities and projects aimed at improving oral health and reducing inequalities

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Within this role you will:

·       Deliver significant programme or projects for NHSE targeted at improvements in health outcomes for the public.

·       Manage the whole lifecycle of a programme of system change, ensuring excellent governance throughout.

·       Manage the set up and delivery of multiple projects within a programme of work, working with colleagues and subject matter experts to scope, plan, design and deliver those projects.

·       Review project reports and risk logs for projects, advising individual project managers on escalation process and supporting delivery of projects where there may be significant barriers to delivery.

·       Manage the whole lifecycle of a programme of work containing multiple projects, reporting on progress and managing risks and issues, escalating where necessary to the programme/ board.

·       Interrogate and analyse, sometimes highly complex, information and data to support the delivery of clear project reporting and project outcomes.

·       Take the local lead in the implementation of agreed dental epidemiology surveys and other programmes, with reviews of the procedures and progress including provision of advice and assistance, as needed.

·       Support the Lead Dental Public Health consultant in delivering their corporate responsibilities e.g. quarterly reporting.

·       Work with a range of stakeholders across the East Midlands including NHS England, ICBs, local authorities and clinical leaders and dental teams.

 

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.  

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be a member of the Directorate of Healthcare Public Health in NHSE Midlands and will support the two Consultants in Dental Public Health in the East Midlands with the provision of public health advice/support to a range of healthcare functions and leading the development and delivery of public health programmes in the region.

About us

We are a team who are passionate about improving health and reducing inequalities through access to effective, high-quality services.

The Public Health function sits professionally within the Office of the Regional Director of Public Health (RDPH) which also spans the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), DHSC. Within this role you will be part of the wider Public Health Midlands family, fostering collaborative working arrangements with local authority and regional OHID teams.

If you would like to speak to someone about this opportunity, please contact either Anna Ireland on 07783 816 985 or Jenny Oliver on 07568 431 649. 

 

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band/level.
  • To have one or more of the below programme /project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience: • Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner. • Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner. • P3O Practitioner. • APM Registered Project Professional • Major Projects Leadership Academy
  • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience of leading change projects.
  • Extensive experience of managing projects and delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.
  • Experience of providing support and input in to complex programmes.
  • Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
  • Experience of researching best practice and developing solutions that can achieve optimal outcomes for all stakeholders.
  • Experience of managing a team.
  • Experience of interpreting national policy and implementing this through programmes of work.
  • Previous experience of managing budgets for complex programmes of work, including budget setting and monitoring.
  • Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this.
  • Must understand the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information.
  • Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
  • Able to draw qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.
  • Able to negotiate on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
  • Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multi- disciplinary environment.
  • Good analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider complex information and develop a range of options.
  • Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer appropriate solutions.
  • Demonstrate the ability to plan over the short, medium and long- term altering plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and intermediate keyboard skills.

Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.
  • Good ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives of the business.
  • Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation.
  • Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
  • Understands the importance of diversity and inclusion in delivering our role in the health and care system.
  • Adherence to Confidentiality statement within the job description appendix and the Data Protection Act 2018/General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
  • Upholds the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty.
  • Upholds our commitments as a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer and Mindful Employer.
  • Promotes high standards for improving diversity and equality, as per the Workforce Race Equality Standard and Workforce Disability Equality Standard.
  • Promotes gender equality and closing our Gender Pay Gap.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Woodhurst
Job title
Business Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07730 379245
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